δήποτε,
indefinite adverb (better written δή ποτε), Ionic dialect δήκοτε, Doric dialect δήποκα, at some time, once upon a time, [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 6.162, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Supplices” 1131 (Lyric poetry); αἰεὶ δ. 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.73 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; at length, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 577. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__2 εἰ δή ποτε if ever, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.40. ] Refs 8th c.BC+]
__3 with interrogative, τί δή ποτ; what in the world? what or why now? καίτοι τί δή ποτ; [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 4.35 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; πόσοι δή ποτ᾽ εἰσὶν οἱ..; how many do you suppose? [[ [prev. author] 20.21. ] Refs]
__4 especially frequently with relatives, ὅτι δή κοτε πράξαντα [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.134; ὅστις δ. ὤν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 273c ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὅτι δή ποτε whatever it may be, 'so-and-so', [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.32; ὁπόθεν δ. [prev. author] 35.6: strengthened by οὖν, ὅντινα δή ποτ᾽ οὖν τρόπον [prev. author] 40.8 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; οἷος δή ποτ᾽ οὖν variant in [[ 1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 5.10] Refs 1st c.AD+]; also δή ποτ᾽ οὖν without relative, κατὰ πρεσβείαν ἢ κατ᾽ ἄλλην δ. χρείαν [[ “Arch.Papyrus” 6.9 (from Delos). ] Refs]